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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Employee Benefit Plans Tables |
Schedule of periodic costs for employee retirement benefit plans | The following tables set forth information relating to the Company’s periodic costs for its employee retirement benefit plans:
|  | (In Thousands)
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
|  | Three Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service Cost |  | $ | 575 |  |  | $ | 549 |  |  | $ | 335 |  |  | $ | 446 |
Interest Cost |  |  | 617 |  |  |  | 604 |  |  |  | 398 |  |  |  | 467 |
Expected Return on Assets |  |  | (723 | ) |  |  | (614 | ) |  |  | (405 | ) |  |  | (315 | )
Amortization of Unrecognized Losses |  |  | 408 |  |  |  | 388 |  |  |  | 517 |  |  |  | 442 |
Amortization of Unrecognized Prior Service Cost |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (432 | ) |  |  | — |
Amortization of Transition Obligation |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 34 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 880 |  |  | $ | 930 |  |  | $ | 413 |  |  | $ | 1,074 |
|  | (In Thousands)
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
|  | Six Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service Cost |  | $ | 1,150 |  |  | $ | 1,099 |  |  | $ | 669 |  |  | $ | 892 |
Interest Cost |  |  | 1,234 |  |  |  | 1,208 |  |  |  | 797 |  |  |  | 934 |
Expected Return on Assets |  |  | (1,447 | ) |  |  | (1,229 | ) |  |  | (811 | ) |  |  | (629 | )
Amortization of Unrecognized Losses |  |  | 816 |  |  |  | 775 |  |  |  | 1,033 |  |  |  | 883 |
Amortization of Unrecognized Prior Service Cost |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (864 | ) |  |  | — |
Amortization of Transition Obligation |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 68 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 1,758 |  |  | $ | 1,858 |  |  | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | 2,148 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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